Associate Director, Congress Lead

Takeda; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + annual bonus

Hybrid working environment

Healthcare plans for self, spouse, and

Life and accident insurance

Job summary

Takeda in Bengaluru seeks a senior professional to lead the GCM Congress capability, delivering scalable operational support across prioritized global congresses and regional activities. You will own GCM execution, including KOL mapping, coverage planning, booth-content assembly and daily reports, coordinating with the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead and vendors.

The role requires deep experience in scientific communications or congress operations, strong leadership,

Qualifications

• Over 10 years in biopharmaceutical industry; at least 5 years in scientific communications, Medical communications, congress operations or data dissemination.
• More than 5 years in related areas; experience managing teams preferred or as senior individual contributors.

Responsibilities

• Lead Bengaluru GCM Congress capability and scalable operational support across prioritized congresses.
• Own GCM execution across KOL mapping, coverage planning, booth-content assembly and programming, and daily-report production.
• Oversee AI-enabled KOL mapping, session coverage, attendance analysis and participant-assignment planning.
• Oversee application of approved scientific narrative across coverage plans, booth-content packages, and on-site/remote readiness.

Skills

Team leadership

AI fluency

Vendor coordination

Stakeholder management

Global delivery

Education

Medical/Scientific degree

Tools

Content repositories

Version control

Modular content

Medical-review workflows

Job description

Job Description

Role Objectives :

• Lead the Bengaluru GCM Congress capability, delivering scalable operational support across prioritized Global congresses and defined regional and local congress activities
• Own GCM execution across KOL mapping, coverage planning, approved booth-content assembly and programming, daily-report production, overnight updates and coordination with the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead
• Ensure the approved scientific narrative and messaging are accurately applied to congress content and approach

Key Responsibilities :

Activitiy & Team Leadership

• Manage GCM intake, prioritization, capacity and delivery across the congress portfolio
• Translate Global Congress CoE briefs into workplans, staffing requirements, timelines and activity checkpoints
• Lead and develop the GCM Sci Comms & Pubs Leads responsible for Congress Communications, Education and Operations Support and coordinate handoffs with Meetings & Events, Business Operations, the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead and approved vendors within agreed accountability boundaries

Congress Operations

• Oversee AI-enabled KOL mapping, session coverage, attendance analysis and participant-assignment planning
• Oversee application of approved scientific narrative and messaging across coverage plans, booth-content packages, and on-site or remote readiness support
• Oversee overnight turnaround of daily-reports and implementation of approved panel and programming changes during congresses

Post-congress Material Support & Coordination

• Oversee preparation of congress-content requirements and source packages for the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead and monitor production status, library maintenance and reuse-led regional or local support through the agreed workflow
• Ensure final outputs are appropriately reviewed, source-linked, version-controlled and aligned to approved scientific direction and local-use restrictions
• Monitor activity performance levels, quality, turnaround, reuse, capacity and stakeholder satisfaction and drive continuous improvement

Qualifications :

Experience: More than 10 years in the biopharmaceutical industry with at least 5 years of related experience; More than 5 years in scientific communications, Medical communications, congress operations or data dissemination; experience managing teams preferred or senior individual contributors

Technical skills:

• Understanding of Medical-congress operations, booth-assembly and dissemination
• Experience managing time-sensitive global delivery across teams
• Strong digital and AI fluency for stakeholder mapping and rapid synthesis
• Knowledge of modular content, content repositories, Medical-review workflows and version control
• Strong people leadership, capacity management, vendor coordination and stakeholder-management skills

Education:

A Medical, scientific, pharmacy, life sciences, public health, Medical communications or related degree is required; an advanced degree is a plus

Languages:

Fluent English required; additional languages advantageous

BENEFITS:

• It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:
• Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening, weekly health sessions for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 5 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in additional to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements – Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks), Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 days)

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time